Instructions for Research Projects

Establishing a New Project:

Any collaborative research project must first be discussed with the Facility Director, Al Burlingame. This initial discussion will involve presentation of the science of the project, discussion of feasibility, and suggestions of appropriate methods of sample preparation. If the project is approved, then you must complete the Application for Project Approval form. From this you will be assigned a project number, which should accompany all sample submissions for the project.

Collaborations with the Facility are established on a project-by-project basis. If your group already collaborates with the Facility or has done so in the past you must discuss new or different projects with the Facility Directory in advance. Do not reuse project numbers.

By entering into a collaboration with this Facility, users agree to provide information as requested for our NIH annual report. This information includes your current financial support, a statement of ongoing work, your usage, and resulting publications.

Submitting a Sample:

When submitting a sample please complete a Sample Submission Form; up to ten samples can be attached to each submission form. The form must include your assigned project number and the PI’s signature. Each form should also have a short and unique sample name (i.e. Histone 1, next form Histone 2).

Mail or drop off samples and forms to:

Mass Spectrometry Facility
University of California, San Francisco
600 16th Street, MC 2240
Genentech Hall, suite N472A
San Francisco, CA 94158-2517

Grant Acknowledgment Requirements:

For all publications using data obtained through the Bio-Organic Biomedical Mass Spectrometry Resource at UCSF you are required to acknowledge the Facility and the applicable grant number. Mass spectral data have been provided without charge through support in part from the NIH NCRR Biomedical Research Technology Program. You have the responsibility to appropriately acknowledge this trans-NIH support of biomedical mass spectrometry. The following table lists the instruments and the grant numbers that must be acknowledged. Please contact us if you have any questions.

Acknowledgment Example:

"…was provided by the Bio-Organic Biomedical Mass Spectrometry Resource at UCSF (A.L. Burlingame, Director) supported by the Biomedical Research Technology Program of the NIH National Center for Research Resources, NIH NCRR P41RR001614."

Please Send Reprints To:

Mass Spectrometry Facility
University of California, San Francisco
600 16th Street, MC 2240
Genentech Hall, suite N472A
San Francisco, CA 94158-2517

Address questions to:

The UCSF Mass Spectrometry Facility (A.L. Burlingame, Director) is supported by the Biomedical Technology Resource Centers Program of the NIH National Center for Research Resources, NIH NCRR P41RR001614